Phase One

Aimpoint Research announced Tuesday the addition of former U.S. Trade Ambassador Gregg Doud. He has been named Aimpoint’s vice president of global situation awareness and chief economist. Doud who most recently served as Chief Agricultural Negotiator in the Office of the U.S. Tr ...

According to the latest numbers from the USDA, U.S. beef exports finished 2020 lower year-over-year, down in both volume at 1.25 million metric tons, and value at $7.65 billion. But the news isn’t all bad. USMEF President and CEO Dan Halstrom said beef ended the year on a very strong note. ...

The Biden administration will approach economic and trade relations with China with “strategic patience.” The administration is starting to review current policies, including reviewing tariffs, but that doesn’t mean Biden favors removing tariffs. Earlier ...

The American Farm Bureau Federation says China has been a boon to U.S. farm commodity prices for several months. Now the organization is hopeful President Biden’s Ag and trade teams follow through and preserve the Trump Phase I deal and consider a Phase II agreement. AFB ...

While much of the attention of the farm community, and the world really, was on coronavirus, trade took place over the past year. And specifically Ag trade. Much of that focus over the past 12 months was on new trade agreements between the U ...

Farmers, like many others, were very happy to say goodbye to 2020. But what can they expect into 2021? Gary Crawford takes a look back, and a look forward. If you have a story idea for the PNW Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail gvaagen@cherrycreekmedia... Read More ...

"I believe it will be a real bonanza for America's farmers, ranchers, and producers," Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue said back in January 2020, at the signing of the Phase One trade agreement with China. Under that agreement, China agreed to purchase roughly $34 billion dollars worth of American  Ag products during the first year of the agreement. Bu ...

China is a long way from meeting the commitments in its trade deal with the U.S. According to calculations made by Bloomberg, in the first 11 months of the year, China imported just over half the goods it promised to buy from the United States in the Phase One Trade Agreement; the 2020 target was $172 billion ...

The American Farm Bureau Federation says Phase One of the trade deal with China has been a success. Farm Bureau Senior Congressional Relations Director Dave Salmonsen disputes some media and social media claims that Phase One, which is still short of annual targets, is a “failure”. “Oh ...

USDA  Undersecretary Ted McKinney recently addressed the Phase One trade agreement with China, and where he sees it going into the future. "Phase One is a two year agreement and even though the federal government just started its new fiscal year on October one, the purchases through and including December 31st is what counts for phase one year one." ...